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Original Books and Manuscripts OnLine or at Amazon
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:53 pm
by _Inconceivable
After wading through the first 4 of 20 pages of the Rigdon et al post, I decided that with that much ahead of me I might
as well just read the books referred to.
I have seen these books at Amazon. Are they published from the originals? Can I even read them somewhere on line?
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:54 pm
by _Inconceivable
Original 1830 Edition of the Book of Mormon
http://www.inephi.com/Search.htm
Journal of Discourses
http://www.journalofdiscourses.org/
View of the Hebrews
http://olivercowdery.com/texts/ethn1823.htm#pg169a
I seem to be answering some of my own questions here, so I will cordially thank myself.
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:37 am
by _CaliforniaKid
lol.
Take note that there are two editions of View of the Hebrews. You linked to the 1823 ed.; here's the improved and enlarged 1825 ed.:
http://www.antimormon.8m.com/esmithpreface.html
You might also be interested in this online archive of Mormon historical documents, and particularly "A Parallel" by B. H. Roberts (listed under "P"):
http://zarahemlacitylimits.com/wiki/ind ... ment_Index
As far as the 1830 Book of Mormon, more relevant to the Solomon Spalding discussion in this forum are
The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon: Typographical Facsimile of the Extant Text by Royal Skousen
The Printers Manuscript of the Book of Mormon: Typographical Facsimile of the Entire Text in Two Parts by Royal Skousen
Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon (Critical Text of the Book of Mormon) by Royal Skousen
All of these can be purchased from online vendors for outrageous prices.
You might also want to pick up
Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon?: The Spalding Enigma by Wayne L. Cowdrey, Howard A. Davis, and Arthur Vanick
-CK
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:05 pm
by _Inconceivable
So far as the Book of Mormon, What are the main differences between the original manuscript and the first printing
- besides speculation on who was the scribe?
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:40 pm
by _CaliforniaKid
There are scribal errors, and a good deal of breath has been expended on the Spalding-Rigdon thread to determine whether they're copying errors or dictation errors. This helps us determine whether the original Book of Mormon manuscript might have been copied from a MS by Solomon Spalding. In my opinion, Dan Vogel has argued very definitively in favor of the dictation thesis.